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Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain » (Reprint)

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Authors: Maria Rosa Menocal, Harold Bloom
ISBN-13: 9780316168717, ISBN-10: 0316168718
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: April 2003
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Maria Rosa Menocal

Book Synopsis

In this engaging and learned volume, Menocal (Spanish and Portuguese, Yale U.) recounts the remarkable, multi-cultural history of medieval Spain, when Muslims ruled much of the country and elevated standards of art and learning. The narrative is suitable for the general reader. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Washington Post Book World

...an affectin g portrait...a splendid account...the beauty lies in [Menocal's]...eye for the illuminating anectote...

	List of Maps
	Foreword
	A Note on Transliterations and Non-English Names
	Beginnings	3
	A Brief History of a First-Rate Place	15
	The Palaces of Memory	51
	The Mosque and the Palm Tree: Cordoba, 786	53
	Mother Tongues: Cordoba, 855	66
	A Grand Vizier, a Grand City: Cordoba, 949	79
	The Gardens of Memory: Madinat al-Zahra, South of Cordoba, 1009	91
	Victorious in Exile: The Battlefield at Argona, Between Cordoba and Granada, 1041	101
	Love and its Songs: Niebla, Just West of Seville, on the Road to Huelva, August 1064 Barbastro, in the Foothills of the Pyrenees, on the Road to Saragossa, August 1064	112
	The Church at the Top of the Hill: Toledo, 1085	130
	An Andalusian in London: Huesca, 1106	147
	Sailing Away, Riding Away: Alexandria, 1140	158
	The Abbot and the Quran: Cluny, 1142	174
	Gifts: Sicily, 1236: Cordoba, 1236: Granada, 1236	189
	Banned in Paris: Paris, 1277	201
	Visions of Other Worlds: Avila, 1305	216
	Foreign Dignitaries at the Courts of Castile: Seville, 1364: Toledo, 1364	229
	In the Alhambra: Granada, 1492	244
	Somewhere in La Mancha: 1605	253
	Epilogue: Andalusian Shards	266
	Postscript	282
	Other Readings	284
	Thanks	293
	Index	299

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